Planning Lead

Job Purpose

• Planning and Performance Management
• Economic Evaluations and Investments governance.
• External stakeholder Management
  
  
  

Job Responsibilities

Performance Management

• Provide monthly variance analysis reporting.
• Work closely with the Accounting team, understand actuals, and ensure correct use of cost codes.
• Work with Technical team to provide variance analysis for actuals versus Budget.
  
  
  

Planning and Budgeting

• Responsible for the delivery of timely accurate budgets and revisions.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders.
• Assurance for quality of data: Ensure that assumptions/cost estimates match the activity set.
• Work with Technical team to understand basis of forecasting and ensure its documentation.
• Review monthly Board meeting Financial approvals and provide recommendations
• Lead inputs preparation for Reserves related submissions.
  
  
  

Economic Evaluations and Investment Governance

• Provide Commercial support to the company team.
• Work on Economic modeling, running economics and interpreting results.
• Ensure compliance with company assumptions and instructions.
• Present the results of any economic modeling in a clear and concise way.
• Ensure that only commercially competitive projects/activities are progressed.
• Prepare Investment Memorandums.
  
  
  

Coaching and Guidance

• Support Company secondees to ensure their compliance with company policies and investment governance guidelines.
• Hold Knowledge sharing sessions for the technical teams.
• Support junior team members and help in knowledge transfer.
  
  
  

Education

Minimum 10 years oil and gas industry Finance and Economics experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or Commerce

Competencies

Cost Control

Corporate Reporting - Internal

Accruals and Value of Work Done Calculations

Financial Forecasting, Planning, and Control

Project Financing

Financial Reporting - Internal & External

Annual Work Program and Budget (WP&B)

Planning and Organizing

Report writing

Certifications

Skills

Physical Requirements